Decorating Testimonials
Thanks for all your good work on our behalf this past year. Working with and getting to know you has been one of the better pieces of 2010.
Dear Jan,
I recently had the pleasure of using your decorating services for my office. You were presented with a difficult space and several challenges. You listened as I explained my needs and helped me to explore the options.
Your recommendations, backed by a detailed design plan and a full resource list, have made shopping an enjoyable experience. Whether purchasing furniture, artwork or lighting, I know what to buy, and I know where to place it.
I am extremely impressed with your professionalism and will not hesitate to recommend you to others.
Thanks to your talent and vision, I am creating a room that “speaks of me and to me.
Dear Jan,
I have enjoyed working with you over the past few years on many different projects. You have always impressed me with your ideas and color choices and your vision makes ordinary become extraordinary.
Although every job I have been involved in with you has been impressive, the job that stands out the most was the very outdated office complex, 1275 Wampanoag Trail in East Providence. I will never forget walking in there for the first time seeing turquoise doors and trim. Everything was outdated. I thought the place was hopeless, not even paint could help. Then I looked at you and you were so excited to accept a challenge. You could see the excitement in your face as the creative juices started to flow. There were 35 doors in this building and one was mahogany and 34 were turquoise. You asked me if I could make all the doors look like mahogony. My job was easy, but, changing the door color wouldn’t be enough and much more needed to be done.
I had the opportunity to visit the office complex recently and it was the first time I had seen the building completed. It ws an incredible transformation.
For you, Jan, no job is too big or too small, too easy or too hard. You come with a smile and great ideas to share with your clients.
Thank you for all the fun challenges and I am looking forward to working with you again, soon.
Hi Jan,
We had tons of people at the house this weekend who had not been here since we began redoing the kitchen. Everyone loved it! The floor, countertops, wall color … nothing but rave reviews. You’ve done it again!
Dear Jan,
Thank you for all your input on putting the finishing touches, and then some, on my almost completed kitchen. When I first requested your assistance, it was solely to help bring some closure, to a much too drawn out debate on which type of counter top would best compliment the recently painted walls and cabinets.
After quickly assessing the surroundings, and sorting through the bottomless pile of samples I had accumulated, within minutes, you helped me make a decision I had been deliberating over for months. With the primary objective complete and the creative juices flowing, there was much more to discuss.
From creative space saving storage to color schemes for future art work, your guidance provided me with answers to questions I hadn’t yet thought of. As a result, the vision you instilled in me has extinguished my frustration and rekindled my excitement in the project.
I absolutely love my family room!!! I now even love the furniture my husband picked out. He is so pleased, also. I walk downstairs every morning and look over at the family room and tell him how much I love the look. I can’t wait until our son is married…. so we can begin to redo the kitchen. I already told him that I am not doing anything without you!
We are so happy with the design of the living room! After several days, it still feels right and we’re anxious to get started with the changes. It ws so nice to have you visit and make so many suggestions for what we’ve wanted in that room for a long time…
I think I’m a good PR person for your work, too. I tell everyone how happy I am with the plan as realized so far and as anticipated in the future. A friend of mine and I had lunch on Thursday and she checked it all out. It’s nice to hear the “oohs” and “aahs” from someone else with a flair for interior design. I told her how often I think of you…every morning when I turn on those sconces and they shine a more forgiving light on my face!! I never would have thought of that, but, I’m really glad you did…
Just to let you know, this was the best birthday gift in 36 years of marriage…she is so excited! We had designers in before but this seems to have really excited her!!
I am excited to finally get some work done on that room….thanks for your creative suggestions and insight! I really think the color combinations we selected will look fantastic! I appreciate your help in selecting window treatments as well. I’m confident that it will all come together nicely. Looking forward to hearing from you again soon.
You know we think often of having a home that others will admire, and Ill have to admit that the positive reaction of others is gratifying, but, I find that it is even more important, to me at least, to have rooms that are aesthetically pleasing to me and that make me feel at peace when I am in them. Your decorating has achieved that. I’m glad that you listened as I said what I wanted, and…I’m very glad that I listened to you, even if not convinced about the flooring in the beginning…
We really enjoyed our meeting with you, as well….it was so helpful and it is amazing how you can visualize the room so differently. It was a big relief to know there is a way that will be both practical and attractive to set things up. Thank you so much.
Jan, on two occasions I have been able to see interiors that were bland, uninteresting and even ugly. You have transformed them in a way that is discreet and intriguing. The before conversion into something finished and polished is amazing. All the components, including the furnishings and colors and the artwork all work together in pure harmony. Nothing rivals another or overpowers another piece. You are a gifted designer. I can say that I am proud to have played a part in your visual orchestra.
Real Estate Staging Testimonials
Thanks for all your suggestions, and people cannot believe how nice it looks without all the clutter. We will for sure be calling you to help us in decorating our next house.
We’re really happy with the way the house looks and appreciate the suggestions. Here’s hoping it helps us reel in a buyer!!
Thanks again for your presentation this morning in Wakefield. I have met many “staging professionals”, but, after your presentation, I have finally met one that I would actually introduce to my clients! I like your approach and could envision how you would interact with clients. I will be discussing your services with a couple of my current listings, but, each have a unique challenge. Thanks again and I hope to be in touch soon.
The name of your company says it all. It really is “All About Redecorating”….especially in a time of need for real estate agents and sellers to move homes. The SouthwickTeam has always used your services in any and every home we list. The SouthwickTeam has always be able to see the importance of being prepared ahead of time. That is what you and your services do for sellers; prepare them.
Jan works with the client to educate them about the Real Estate market and how critical it is to have their home “ready for the buyer’s eye”. She works with each client on an indiviaual basis, she then follows up and even comes back to check out and “tweak” the results. She never pressures them into buying new furnishings; she just uses their existing furnishings and makes suggestions to help with the salability of their home.
What buyer doesn’t want the model home and all the furnishings that are in it? These are the types of comments that we hear when Jan Girouard stages a home.
If homes are not priced competitively and don’t show better than all the competition, than they are having a harder time selling. In every instance when the client has taken your advice, the home has sold very quickly.
The SouthwickTeam’s average day on the market is about 80 days, and the average home sits on the market for about a year. We would recommend your services to any agent or seller.
Thank you Jan for helping the SouthwickTeam maintain its success in the community.
I just wanted to let you know that we accepted a very good offer on our house today. Thank you so much for all your help an advice. I am certain that it made a difference.
Yes, I enjoyed the meeting and the knowledge that you have. I gave your card to my contractor and he will call you to do the same thing when he starts his next house….and he liked your ideas at my house. I will also design an entire web page with your card, your brochure and a direct link to your web site for my customers because people would get to know you. I would like to have before and after photos of my little hacienda for my web site so I can personally tell and show clients how it makes a huge difference to do a house right….and to get professional advice on their most expensive asset.
Thank you so much for staging The Southwick Team’s new listing at 86 West Passage Drive, Portsmouth.
When I went to take the listing the first floor in this lovely 1997 Victorian was in very nice condition, but, when I went up to the bedrooms, I found the master bedroom was being occupied by one of the children and the parents were using the room over the garage as their master bedroom. To get to their room you needed to go through the laundry room. This needed to be fixed! The rest of the bedrooms and the basement recreation room also were in need of HELP! Yes, you did it, you convinced the seller to move their bedroom back to the original master bedroom. Then you stage the children’s bedroom by just adjusting some of the furniture. The seller was very pleased with the beautiful arrangement of furniture in their basement recreation room as well.
We had the first open house and it looked like a show house. And best of all, this home was sold in less than three weeks.
Thank you Jan, for your professional way of handling our seller client, getting this home into beautiful show condition and helping it sell so quickly. I look forward to having you stage our next new listing.
We would like to thank Jan Girouard of ALL ABOUT REDECORATING for designing this stunning apartment. Her talent and eye for color and scale transformed this simple studio into the balanced and harmonious living space you see today.
Thank you so much for the gift of Rochambeau and for being such a valuable resource for us at the Company. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season and I’ll speak to you in January…
Just a quick note to thank you so much for being such a great interviewee yesterday. I got great feedback and will recommend you often in my future. Again, thanks for sharing your expertise with us.